I’ve been reading all the posts on Facebook about the River Forest Park District/Dominican University Agreement to turn Keystone Park field #2 into a NCAA Women’s Softball Field.

Although a Senior Citizen in River Forest, without kids or grandkids in school, I pay taxes here. I care about my village and about our residents, families who use our public parks all year long. I really wonder what our park board sees when it seriously considers turning part of Keystone Park, our premiere public park into a College NCAA Softball Field with fencing and signage! The field, currently used for Little League, costs a bundle to upgrade to NCAA standards. Plus, guess who’s going to lose out if Dominican schedules at the same time as our Little League?!

Now, when the new goal is to please a private university, to allow our public land to be branded by a non-taxpaying entity, it’s time for the River Forest Park Board members to think about just who and what they promised to serve. That’s why I signed the Petition on Change.org created by Chris Cheney.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-river-forest-park-district-s-proposed-10-year-agreement-with-dominican-university

Jan Saeger
River Forest

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